Asifuzzaman Rahat has a BSc in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on identification and stress induced semi-quantitative expression pattern analysis of the gene Asr in jute. He then completed a MSc in biotechnology from BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, during which his research was focused on the study of acute respiratory and enteric infections in under-five children of Dhaka. He is currently employed as a Senior Research officer at the institute for developing Science and Health initiatives (ideSHi). He is involved in several research projects ongoing in the institute including acute respiratory and enteric infections in under-five children, immunological detection of typhoid and paratyphoid infection, and study of antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial pathogens of acute respiratory infections. His research interests include infectious diseases, immunology, bioinformatics, metabolic engineering, and genetic disorders. Rahat has a keen interest in music and wants to learn to play the sitar. However, he doesn’t see it happening anytime soon.

Begum MN, Islam MT, Hossain SR, Bhuyan GS, Halim MA, Shahriar I et al. Mutation Spectrum in TPO Gene of Bangladeshi Patients with Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis and Analysis of the Effects of Different Mutations on the Structural Features and Functions of TPO Protein through In Silico Approach. BioMed Research International. 2019; 10.1155/2019/9218903

Sarker SK, Islam MT, Biswas A, Bhuyan GS, Sultana R, Sultana N et al. Age-Specific Cut-off Values of Amino Acids and Acylcarnitines for Diagnosis of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. BioMed Research International. 2019; 10.1155/2019/3460902

Islam MT, Sarker SK, Shithi ST, Bhuyan GS, Rahat A, Islam NN et al. High resolution melting curve analysis enables rapid and reliable detection of G6PD variants in heterozygous females. BMC Genetics. 2018;19(1).

Bhuyan GS, Hossain MA, Sarker SK, Rahat A, Islam MT, et al. (2017) Bacterial and viral pathogen spectra of acute respiratory infections in under-5 children in hospital settings in Dhaka city. PLOS ONE 12(3): e0174488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174488